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MSI Z170M Mortar Motherboard Review

Test Setup

For our tests, we used a completely new test rig which comprises of a MSI Z170M Mortar motherboard, along with an Intel Core i5-6600K at default clock speed of 3.5GHz, as well as 16GB of Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR4-3000 ram in dual channel mode.

All tests were conducted at default clock speeds at a resolution of 1920×1080. High or Ultra settings enabled.

CPU Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.5GHz
Cooling XSPC RayStorm Pro CPU waterblock
Motherboard MSI Z170M Mortar
Ram 4 x 4GB Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR4-3000
XMP 2.0 profiles Memory timings : 16-16-16-39 @1.2v
HDD Adata XPG SX930 – 240GB
PSU Thermaltake Toughpower XT 1275W (Snow Edition)
VGA card HIS Radeon RX 480 Roaring Turbo 8GB GDDR5
Watercooling
Thermaltake Parts, RL 240 Radiators, PR11 pump and reservoir, hard tubes, C1000 coolant and various fittings
AMD Drivers Catalyst Drivers 16.9.2 (Crimson Edition)
OS Windows 10

 

AIDA64 Chipset Information

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AIDA64 Motherboard Information

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CPU-Z Information

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Idle Temperatures @ 3.5GHz

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We got super low temperatures, thanks to the watercooling setup we used, which included the XSPC Raystorm Pro CPU waterblock and ALL Thermaltake watercooling parts.

 

Load Temperatures @ 3.5GHz

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